The Art for Justice Fund, a five-year initiative established by Agnes Gund, is disrupting mass incarceration by funding artists, youth activists, and advocates working together to reform our criminal justice system. Its goal is to create a justice system which makes communities safer, keeps families together, reduces the size of prisons, and treats people with dignity and compassion.
Join GIA for this session to discuss the program structure, what they learned, and why it is so crucial for art funders and justice funders to collaborate to disrupt and illuminate the inequitable laws and practices that drive mass incarceration and juvenile detention, and disproportionately impact ALAANA communities.
Speakers:
- Shaun Leonardo, American artist and performer
- Margaret Morton, director, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
- Hernán Carvente Martinez National Youth Partnership strategist, Youth First Initiative
- Mark Strandquist, creative director, Performing Statistics
- Risë Wilson, senior arts advisor, Art for Justice Fund
Read speaker bios here.
Free for GIA members; $35 for non-members.